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fille de joie
[ fee-yuh duh zhwah ]
noun
, French.
, plural filles de joie [fee-y, uh, d, uh, , zhwah].
- a prostitute (used as a euphemism).
fille de joie
/ fij də ʒwa /
noun
- a prostitute
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fille de joie1
Literally, “pleasure girl”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fille de joie1
girl of pleasure
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Example Sentences
You were intended—do not take the words as an insult—to lead the life of a fille de joie.
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Lady Hamilton is said to have first enacted his Goddess of Health, being at this time a fille de joie of great celebrity.
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Some wag in the Society, paraphrasing the syllables of her name, wittily if unkindly, had christened her fille de joie.
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